Recurrent miscarriage syndrome treated with acupuncture and an allergy elimination/desensitization technique.

In December, 2001, a 33-year-old female—“SC”—gravida 2, para 0-0-2-0, came in with the chief complaints of repeated miscarriage, pain, recent weight gain, circulation problems, feeling cold, premenstrual syndrome, and food and environmental allergies. She had been diagnosed with allergies to dust, mold, ragweed, cats, and sage, a minor reaction to dogs, and also reported that fast foods and milk were diffi cult to digest. She had frequent ear infections as a child. She complained of fatigue, sinusitis, sinus congestion and sinus pain, dry skin and eyes, frontal headaches, frequent sneezing, stuffy nose, postnasal drip, and phlegm in her throat. SC also had jaw pain, abdominal pain and cramping, dull pain in her back and neck, and sharp pain in her joints, and she admitted to grinding her teeth. She became very emotionally upset after each of her 4 miscarriages. She felt irritable, angry, anxious, moody, hostile, and impatient and awakened easily. Menarche began at age 13. She had a regular 29-day cycle with 5 days of red-colored blood with clots, premenstrual abdominal bloating, and emotional changes. She had had 2 artifi cial abortions before trying to get pregnant. Prior to our treatment, SC had 2 miscarriages, one in August 1999 at 5 weeks’ gestation with no fetal heart tone detected and one in June 2001 at 10 weeks’ gestation after a fetal heart tone had been heard. In total, she had 4 miscarriages, 2 of them while receiving acupuncture. She and her husband showed no karyotypic abnormalities. Her conventional physician diagnosed her with low serum progesterone levels and treated her with clomiphene citrate (Clomid, Sanofi -Aventis US LLC, Bridgewater, New Jersey). The patient did not menstruate for several months after taking clomiphene citrate and was prescribed fi rst oral and then injectable progesterone. During week 9 of her fourth pregnancy, the patient’s progesterone levels dropped below 20 nmol/L despite treatment with 17 hydroxyprogesterone (17 OHP). She was diagnosed with luteal phase defect and congenital AT III defi ciency after she miscarried on March 8, 2002. By July 1, 2002, she was pregnant for the fi fth time. On July 26, 2002, her serum progesterone level dropped to 11 nmol/L. On July 29, 2002 (8 weeks pregnant), she experienced spotting but had no bleeding or cramping. By August 2 (9 weeks pregnant), her serum progesterone was 12 nmol/L, and it needed to be at least 20 nmol/L at that point to support a continued pregnancy. Women with ongoing pregnancies have serum progesterone level range of 390 to 500 nmol/L with the median being 430 nmol/L. On August 5, 2002, SC began treatment for cholesterol metabolism abnormalities and allergies with acupuncture and an allergy elimination and desensitization program (BioSET, Bioenergetic Sensitivity and Enzyme Therapy). Three days later, her serum progesterone rose to 20.8 nmol/L. She stopped taking the drugs ASA, heparin, and 17 OHP at this point (10-weeks gestation). SC continued to have allergy treatments with acupuncture once a month for the last 5 months of the pregnancy and then once 2 weeks before her due date. She delivered a healthy baby girl in March 2003. Blood tests taken on January 29, 2008, determined that the patient no longer has luteal phase defect nor AT III gene defi ciency.